By Emily Supino, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor Teenagers are faced with many obstacles every day, whether it’s academic stress, peer pressures, social media pressures, addiction, shifting hormones, family conflict, mental […]
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Clay Play at Carbondale Clay Center — FREE Class!
Facilitated by Gabby Gawreluk Creating pottery is known to be therapeutic, allowing for self-expression and self-discovery while offering stress relief and relaxation. When spinning clay, we have the ability to […]
Get Back to Balanced – FREE Cooking Workshop!
Allow yourself a healthy path to begin the new year. This workshop will address blood sugar regulation and foods that aid with detoxification. Workshop includes a cooking demonstration and ingredient […]
Aromatherapy: A Guide to Relaxation – FREE!
In this class we will test your smelling ability and talk about how essential oil effect the brain and body when it comes to stress relief. A great introduction to […]
Power of Perspective – A free mindfulness writing workshop
A mindfulness-based workshop where we will explore how everyday language we use with ourselves and others affects our worldview. You will be guided through a practice using three perspectives; negative, […]
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Aspen Strong offers much-needed ‘Time to Talk’
Aspen Strong’s mental health peer support group, “Time to Talk,” began in December 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by “providing people with a space to come, connect and […]
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Addressing the "line in the sand"
Michelle Muething, executive director of the Aspen Hope Center, referred to the current mental health challenges for many living in the Roaring Fork Valley as, “everyone’s line in the sand […]
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Recognizing that mental health is health
In honor of May as Mental Health Awareness Month, The Sopris Sun has run a series of columns by regular contributors. To conclude the month, we are honored to share […]